The evolution of the population growth on Earth and the geographical concentration of the request in food by the populations ask many questions concerning the perpetuity of the fresh water taken for agriculture by irrigation. It tries to mitigate the hydric deficit of the crops but implies on the other hand water consumptions. Does irrigation have an impact on the continental water balance? We tested the capacity of the land surface model SECHIBA, forced at high-resolution, to simulate two major components of water cycle which can be impacted by the irrigation: soil moisture and streamflows. A study of sensibility of vegetation parameters which impact soil moisture, showed the major effect of the water extraction by the roots simulated by S...